Is midnight today or tomorrow?

Have you not yet recognized that you do not experience reality, but only history?

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One of the best things about Jerry Seinfeld was that if you were smart enough, say, to have paid attention to anything remotely educational in high school, he wasn't funny.

There is a joke I can no longer remember the proper source of; that is to say, I don't remember if the bit about glue not sticking to the inside of the bottle was an actual Seinfeld joke or a Tiny Toons satire thereof, but it pretty much summed up everything wrong with his comedy after "Laundry Party" and "If Dogs Had Pockets".

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I told my recruits that is was like the teeth on a saw. Start at the bottom, steady rise to 23:59, then vertical drop-off to 00:00. The ones that got it right got to knock off work at the regular time. Some needed extra time to ponder it. "You don't have to agree with the Chief, you just have to do the way the Chief tells you."

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Maybe you need a better group of recruits if you have to spend time teaching it?

I have and you did not miss much unless you like observing folk wrapped up in their own importance.
All the characters seemed most strange with personality traits that were somewhat sad rather than humerous.
Yet it appeals to some but certainly not my idea of humour.
Alex

Among the group that thought joining the military was a good idea, probably none of them. I'm guessing they needed to be taught how to make their beds and shine their boots as well.

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This was in the '70s and '80s, when military time was not common in CivLant.

And boot camp is a test. If you can't fold your underwear according to instructions why would anybody let you loose around nukes? I tell prospective enlistees that the people at boot camp want you to succeed (believe it or not) but they don't need someone who's going to fail at walking in a straight line.

Most of our group made our beds with the supplied items and a couple of sheets of plywood nailed into perfect form
You sleept with bought sheets and blankets
Took less than 30 seconds to organise your bed for inspection

Most of our group made our beds with the supplied items and a couple of sheets of plywood nailed into perfect form
You sleept with bought sheets and blankets
Took less than 30 seconds to organise your bed for inspection

This was in the '70s and '80s, when military time was not common in CivLant.

And boot camp is a test. If you can't fold your underwear according to instructions why would anybody let you loose around nukes? I tell prospective enlistees that the people at boot camp want you to succeed (believe it or not) but they don't need someone who's going to fail at walking in a straight line.

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It's interesting that in civilian land, those to invent and manufacture nukes don't need to show that they can tell time and make their beds.